{"id":101029,"date":"2026-04-06T08:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=101029"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:06:02","slug":"golden-visa-spain-2026-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/golden-visa-spain-2026-alternatives\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Golden Visa in 2026: What has changed and what alternatives exist?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more than a decade, the so-called Golden Visa<\/strong> has allowed non-EU citizens to obtain residency in Spain in exchange for making certain investments, especially in housing. This visa, also known as the \u00abvisado de oro\u00bb<\/strong>, was mainly linked to the purchase of real estate<\/a> for a specific minimum amount.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the Government announced its abolition, and in 2026 it is no longer available for new applications linked to real estate investment. From Fotocasa, we analyze exactly what the Golden Visa was, why it has been eliminated, and what alternatives exist<\/strong> now if you are thinking about buying a home in Spain as a non-EU foreigner.<\/p>\n

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How much does it cost to buy a house in Spain? [2026]<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n

What was the Golden Visa in Spain?<\/h2>\n

The Golden Visa was a residency permit for foreign investors from outside the European Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was established in 2013 under the government of Mariano Rajoy and was regulated under Law 14\/2013<\/a><\/strong> (Law 14\/2013), for the support of entrepreneurs and their internationalization, with the aim of attracting foreign investment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What did this visa consist of?<\/h3>\n

It allowed individuals to obtain residency in Spain<\/strong> if they made a significant investment in the country.<\/p>\n

In the case of real estate, the main requirement was:<\/p>\n

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    Investing at least \u20ac500,000 in real estate in Spain<\/strong>, free of liens or encumbrances.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In addition to investment in housing, it also included other forms of economic investment set out in the regulations (such as financial or business investment).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":101035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,14432,14453,13552,13551,13549,14435,13550,13547],"class_list":["post-101029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-golden-visa","tag-golden-visa-spain-2026-alternatives","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-inversores-no-comunitarios","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}